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ColdFusion Web Application Development

We have been working on ColdFusion programming and web development since 7 years. We have very good experience on the same after working over the years. We have developed many applications in ColdFusion using various database platforms complying with all the major industry programming & database standards. We work with the prevailing norms for the robustness and scalability of the applications.

From our extensive experience in the ColdFusion here are some tips as to how ColdFusion helps in fast and better application development.

ColdFusion is the leading commercial cross-platform application scripting technology. ColdFusion is made up of a language called CFML or ColdFusion                                                                           
 
Markup Language, and a series of runtime services that provide all sorts of features and functionality for developers to take advantage of. ColdFusion was created in 1994, which makes it the original product in this space, and the very first language created from the ground up for application development on the Internet. ColdFusion predates JSP, PHP, and even ASP. (Actually, it is a little known fact that before acquiring Aspect Software and turning their prerelease Visual Basic scripting language into ASP, Microsoft approached Allaire about buying ColdFusion).

Macromedia ColdFusion MX is the rapid server scripting environment for creating Rich Internet Applications. Combining highly approachable scripting, effortless connectivity to enterprise data, and powerful built-in search and charting capabilities, ColdFusion MX enables developers to easily build and deploy dynamic websites, content publishing systems, self-service applications, commerce sites, and more. Moving to the new Java technology-based architecture in ColdFusion MX provides a variety of benefits to ColdFusion developers, including broader deployment options, seamless interoperability with Java and .NET technologies, and native support for content encoded in double-byte languages (such as Chinese and Japanese).

Another edge that ColdFusion has over its competitors is the potential speed of development. Allaire designed ColdFusion to facilitate RAD (Rapid Application Development). So, ColdFusion applications specific to a unique business process can be developed relatively quickly and inexpensively. ColdFusion is extremely versatile in a number of respects. Its modular, template driven nature allows integration of Web-based applications that are not ColdFusion based. Also, ColdFusion is flexible in that it is compatible with a variety of database types, such as Oracle, MS-SQL, Postgre, Access, and others.

                                                          
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